2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Geography with Transport Studies

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

AAB including one of the following subjects: Ancient History/History; Business/Business Studies; Classical Civilisation; Economics; English; Geography; Government and Politics; Law; Media Studies; Modern Languages or Ancient Languages; Philosophy; Politics; Psychology; Religious Studies; Sociology. Extended Project Qualification - We recognise the value, effort and enthusiasm applicants make in the Extended Project but do not currently make alternative offers based on the inclusion of the EPQ.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Geography

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Geography

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2022/2023 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2023 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA Geography with Transport Studies (For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

Context

BA Geography with Transport Studies at Leeds seeks to provide students with the knowledge and skills to understand and shape our rapidly changing world. How do we make cities sustainable and healthy at the same time as providing access to jobs? This course explores transport’s essential contribution to quality of life, and how to resolve problems it causes for society as well as studying core geography concerns such as international development, population growth, urban transformation, sustainability, global geopolitics, human rights, globalisation, and patterns of inequality (ethnicity, class and gender). BA Geography with Transport Studies is a broad-based, flexible programme that addresses key global challenges. Each year of the programme is designed around a combination of compulsory core modules, and a selection of optional transport, human and physical geography modules, as well as opportunities to take discovery modules across the University. Through this wide choice of modules, students can tailor their degree to specialise in what they want to learn.

As well as specialist subject knowledge, BA Geography with Transport Studies has a strong focus on the development of transferable skills, with the aim of producing graduates that can identify and solve problems using state of the art tools and techniques and be equipped for a multitude of careers in the transport sector and beyond in the UK or worldwide, including transport planning, transport analysis and economics, freight and logistics, project management, and location planning. BA Geography with Transport Studies helps students to build skills in presenting ideas in reports and orally, in data collection, presentation and analysis, in the use of specialist mapping and statistical software, and in time- and project-management in both team and individual settings.

Structure and content

Students will study 360 credits of modules over their degree, split evenly between Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Level 1 develops a grounding in the foundational concepts and themes of human geography and the challenges for transport and mobility, plus key skills in academic writing, digital learning and data analysis. Core modules worth 80 credits explore different geographies of a changing world, including planetary environmental crisis and urbanisation, plus a foundation in digital skills. Students have an additional 20 credits of optional modules in human and physical geography, and 20 credits of discovery modules from across the University.

At the end of Level 1, students have the opportunity to request a place on our BA Geography with Quantitative Methods course, subject to meeting the entry requirements. The course enables students to develop advanced spatial and statistical skills, which are in high demand across the public, private, and third sectors.

Level 2 provides a core programme of research and career skills training and expertise in transport and society worth 60 credits. Students supplement this from a minimum of 40 credits of optional modules that cover a range of transport issues, geo-politics and international development, service planning for changing populations, economic geography, the development of modern cities, citizenship and identity, natural resource management, and ecosystems. An additional 20 credits of discovery modules can be taken from across the University.

Opportunities for work-based learning include an optional year in between Levels 2 and 3, during which students can either studying abroad at one of our partner inst itutions around the world; or gain full-time work experience in a paid industrial placement. Both of these options will extend the degree by 12 months.

At Level 3 students undertake a significant independent final year project worth 40 credits - currently a dissertation - alongside a minimum of 60 credits of optional modules that cover subjects such as urban social movements, creating alternative futures, population and health geographies, retail location planning, global insecurities, the Mediterranean migration crisis, health impacts of travel in cities, public transport, freight logistics and the environment, social analysis of travel activity and social psychology focused on individual decision making, and modelling for decision making, water science, the cryosphere, and sustainable development in tropical forests. Students also have the choice of a research, work or teacher placement module with an external organisation, and an additional 20 credits of discovery modules can be taken from across the University.

Fieldwork is an important feature throughout the degree programme and puts theory into practice by allowing students to experience real world learning. Fieldwork is designed to encourage students to develop their own research, plan and manage projects, and to develop teamwork skills. Fieldtrips include both residential and day trips; and travel to destinations across the UK and Europe.

All students are assigned a personal academic tutor to guide them through each year of their studies, as well as support from fellow students through our peer mentoring scheme. Students also benefit from support to develop their academic skills, within the curriculum and through online resources, workshops, one-to-one appointments and drop-in sessions.

Assessment

Students are assessed using a range of methods throughout the course. There will be timed examinations, essay and report writing, presentations, practical exercises, posters, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, research-based projects (such as the dissertation) and reflective logs.

All assessments are closely tied to the learning objectives of the course to ensure students graduate equipped with cutting-edge knowledge and skills, as well as being structured to help develop the key transferable qualities that employers are looking for within the workplace.

Assessments are reviewed annually to ensure they remain fair and inclusive, and to maintain an element of flexibility within module choices such that students can select a package of learning to best reflect individual learning styles and long-term career goals.

Accreditation

This degree is not currently accredited.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

UG Centred 80cr compulsory modules at Level 1.
Candidates must study a MINIMUM of 20 credits of optional modules from the Baskets below.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates must study a MINIMUM of 20 credits of optional modules from the Baskets below.

Basket 1: Candidates must choose at least ONE and may choose TWO of the following optional human geography modules:

Basket 2: Depending on choices from Basket 1, candidates may choose ONE of the following optional physical geography modules:

Discovery modules:

All candidates take 20 credits of Discovery options. This can include modules in Basket 2.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates must take the following compulsory modules:

Students wishing to take GEOG2150 will need to have taken GEOG1400 at Level 1.

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to take a minimum of 50 credits from the following optional modules:

- At least 20 credits must be taken from GEOG modules.
- At least 20 credits must be taken from TRAN modules.
Candidates are advised to balance their module credits equally across both semesters.
Please note that GEOG2062 and GEOG2661 are mutually exclusive.

Students wishing to take GEOG2100 will have either GEOG1400 or GEOG2150 as prerequisites.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates participating in a recognised exchange as part of the 4-year international programme will spend a year studying abroad between levels 2 and 3.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates must take the following compulsory module:

Students wishing to take GEOG2150 will need to have taken GEOG1400 at Level 1.

Optional modules:

Candidates should take 50 - 70 credits from the following list of modules:

- Up to 70 credits from below list, of which at least 20 must be GEOG classroom based (i.e. not GEOG3535, GEOG3665, or GEOG3675) and 20 must be TRAN.

Students wishing to take GEOG3195 will need to have taken either GEOG1400 at Level 1 or GEOG2150 at Level 2.

Students wishing to take GEOG3440 will need to have taken either GEOG2060, GEOG2062 or GEOG2661.

-please note that GEOG3535, GEOG3665, and GEOG3675 are mutually exclusive

There will be three field class options that are mutually exclusive and require pre-enrolment due to limited places:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Last updated: 05/09/2023 11:46:26

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